Two Minds Come Together

Anatomy for Problem Solving in Sports Medicine: The Back

Professor P Harris & Dr C Ranson

When an Emeritus Professor of Anatomy (University of Manchester) with long experience and a special interest in the locomotor system; and an International Sport Physiotherapist joined forces to put together a book on sports injuries, we knew that we had a winning combination.Anatomy for Problem Solving in Sports Medicine: The Back is concise, easy to read and has three special features.

• It focuses on how specific knowledge of those structural components of the back can be used when solving problems related to sports disorders and injuries.
• The content has been assembled and distilled from various sources over and above what can be found in conventional textbooks of anatomy providing a level of understanding which is both academic and necessary for diagnosing and managing sporting back disorders.
• Cast studies and clinical reasoning of the associated problems are presented showing how knowledge of anatomy can be applied to solve problems associated with sports injury.

Fully illustrated with line drawings and photographs of anatomical structures, scans and x-radiographs, combined with succinct text, this book will be referenced regularly by many professional practitioners for years to come.